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baẍ u rez u darubar
garden and orchard and forest
‘garden and orchard and forest,’
cins-ê kulîlk-a hizar
species-EZ.M flower-OBL.PL thousand
‘a thousand species of flowers.’
5.4.1.1.11 Intentional end-rhyme dissimilarity
Questions formed with the interrogative words ka and kanê, ‘where,’ lack the
copula. In all but one line in the corpus where these words are used, they appear before
the subject. In examples (242) and (243), ka and kanê appear at the beginning of the line.
(242) ka reḧim însanê bê esil u neseb 95 (AN4:24)
where merciful person without family ties and ancestry
‘Where is mercy, (you) the person without family ties (background) and ancestry.’
(243) kanê gundî? (BS6:17-19)
where people
‘Where are the people?’ 96
kanê ban?
where roof
‘Where’s the roof?’
ka dil-ê min?
where heart.EZ.M 1O
‘Where’s my heart?’
In (244), ka occurs before the compound subject, mal u mefer, ‘home and belongings.’ In
the first phrase in (245), kanê comes before the subject ew gul, ‘that flower.’ In the
second phrase, ka comes before the subject şemala geş u hil, ‘bright and lit candle.’
(244) piştî mirn-ê ka bu wî mal u mefer 97 (AN4:21)
after death-OBL.F where for 3OM home and opportunity
‘After death, where is there for him a home and opportunity?’
95 Neseb is an Arabic word and, therefore, is not given an oblique ending.
96 Or ‘Where’s the village?’
97 Chyet (2003) lists mefer as ‘opportunity, chance, possibility.’